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The Other Son

2023 1h 26m Drama List
100% Tomatometer 6 Reviews
Federico and his brother Simon live their teenage years to the fullest, until the day Simon dies by falling from a balcony at a party. While his family falls to pieces before his eyes, Federico tries to live a normal life during his final weeks of school. Unable to mourn, he starts to grow closer to Laura, his dead brother's girlfriend and seems to find comfort in her. Read More Read Less

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Nicolás Medina LatAm Cinema The search for identity narrated in a palette of grays, as in "Días extraños", is interwoven in this case with the experience of mourning. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 10/10 Jan 7, 2024 Full Review Jonathan Holland Screen International A forceful, low-key study of the reaction of a middle-class Colombian family to the tragic death of a teenager, The Other Son is a quiet triumph. Nov 21, 2023 Full Review Alejandro Lingenti La Nación (Argentina) The Other Son, apart from honestly chronicling grief, manages to capture with great precision both a broken family dynamic and some common pastimes of contemporary youth... [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 3/5 Nov 16, 2023 Full Review Ezequiel Boetti Otroscines.com ... Quebrada registers the [tragic] situation with the right amount of distance to demolish the viewer without low blows or parading others' misfortune. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 Nov 15, 2023 Full Review Gustavo Herrera Taboada Cinencuentro The Other Son is sufficiently lucid, moving and accessible, especially for a teenage audience. [Full review in Spanish] Nov 15, 2023 Full Review Emiliano Basile EscribiendoCine Juan Sebastián Quebrada makes a profound movie about grief... [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 8/10 Nov 15, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Federico and his brother Simon live their teenage years to the fullest, until the day Simon dies by falling from a balcony at a party. While his family falls to pieces before his eyes, Federico tries to live a normal life during his final weeks of school. Unable to mourn, he starts to grow closer to Laura, his dead brother's girlfriend and seems to find comfort in her.
Director
Juan Sebastián Quebrada
Producer
Franco Lolli, Capucine Mahé
Screenwriter
Juan Sebastián Quebrada
Production Co
Evidencia Films, Geko Films, Le Tiro, TresMilMundos Cine
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Spanish
Runtime
1h 26m